Production of coated glass and the like products



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Patented Dec. 20, 1949 PRODUCTION OF COATED GLASS AND THE LIKE PRODUCTS Willard H. Newark,

Bennett and Robert B. Taylor, Ohio, assignors to Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, a corporation oi' Dela- Ware Application January 21, 1942, Serial No. 427,636

5 Claims.

This invention relates to a product having a predetermined uniform coating of material thereon and further relates to apparatus for making such a product.

The invention refers more particularly to the manufacture of glass or electrically similar materials and has as one of its principal objects to treat material of this type with a coating substance such, for example, as a suitable chemical, a lubricant or some decorative substance.

Another object of this invention is to electrostatically spray the desired substance on the material during conversion thereof into a finished product. In accordance with this invention, the spray particles and the material to be sprayed are electrostatically charged with charges of opposite polarities, so that the particles of the spray are attracted to the material. As a consequence, substantially all of the particles of the spray reach the material and the entire surface of the latter is covered with the uid. Moreover the particles of the spray on the surface of the material spread over this surface until the electrostatic charges of the particles are neutralized by an equal number of the opposite charges on the surface of the material and this results in a uniform film on the material.

While it is not our intention to limit this invention to the application of any specific substance to materials being formed, nevertheless, it is pointed out that one outstanding use is to coat glass or other thermoplastic fibers with a lubricant or binder during the interval the fibers are being formed or immediately thereafter so as to reduce the abrasive characteristics of the surfaces of the fibers and also, if desired, to prevent accumulation of moisture on the fibers. Une method of forming glass fibers, which has achieved considerable commercial success, is to continuously flow a stream of glass from a molten glass body and to draw this stream by means of a rotating drum into a very fine filament, which is solidified during its passage through the atmosphere. Such a process is described and claimed in the Slayter and Thomas Patent No. 2,234,986. In this method of forming glass or other inorganic bers, it has become common practice to apply a coating to the fibers by drawing the latter over a coating-impregnated pad, which necessarily has to be spaced a suillcient distance from the molten portions of the fibers to enable the latter to be properly grouped before actually engaging the pad. Another method of producing fibers from thermoplastic materials is that of the Slayter and Thomas Patent No. 2,133,236. Here the streams of molten material are engaged by a gaseous blast from a blower and attenuated into fibers. In this method, a lubricant or the like is sprayed onto the bers at a point beneath the blower. These procedures were not entirely satisfactory not only because moisture in the atmosphere collected on the fibers before the latter reached the pad or the blower but also because there was no assurance that the coating would spread uniformly over the entire surface of the fibers. As a consequence, when the fibers were brought in contact with each other, there was a tendency for the fibers to scratch and cut each other.

It is, therefore, a further object of this invention to apply the coating to the bers while the latter are in a plastic or molten state before the fibers have an opportunity to cool sufficiently to accumulate any appreciable amount of moisture. This is accomplished by spraying the coating on the fibers at a point adjacent the bushings through which the molten material is drawn.

Another object of this .invention is to insure the application of a film of uniform thickness on the fibers by electrostatically charging the particles of the spray with one polarity and by :ridiren ing an electrostatic charge of the opposite polar` ity' on the fibers as the latter are attenuated from streams of molten material flowing from suitable bushings. It follows from the above that the electrostatic charge is induced on the fibers while the latter are in a plastic condition and this charge freezes on the fibers when the later solidify. As a result, the charge remains on the fibers for a sufficient period to enable the latter to be sprayed with a desired charged coating material.

There are'numerous advantages resulting from electrostatically applying the coating to the fibers at points in close proximity to the bushings L through which the fibers are drawn. As pointed other advantage is that the coating is spread over the fibers without the necessity of employing water emulsions of the lubricant or other aqueous mediums to assist in spreading the latter over the fibers. The application of water to freshly formed glass, for example, is objectionable because it seems to roughen the surface of the glass to such an extent that there is increased likelihood of the glass fibers cutting and scratching each other when brought into physical contact and, therefore. it is advantageous to eliminate aqueous constituents from the coating substance regardless of whether the latter is a lubricant or some other substance.

The foregoing, as well as other objects, will be made more apparent as this description proceeds, especially when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view partly in sec- A tion in the plane of the line I-l of'Figure 4 showing one type of apparatus that may be successfully employed in carrying out the method of applying a uniform film on glass or other thermoplastic materials as they are formed into fibers;

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view of a like apparatus adapted to coating fibers produced by a different process;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of a part of the apparatus shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of the apparatus shown in Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through rubber, resin, and the like.

the spray gun employed in connection with the apparatus shown in Figures 1 and 2.

For the purpose of illustration we have shown this invention as used in connection with the manufacture of glass fibers for applying a coating material on the fibers, although it will be apparent as this description proceeds that the principles involves herein may be satisfactorily employed in practically any case where it is desired to treat material by applying a fluidor other material thereon. The invention is particularly applicable to treating material as it is continuously formed by attenuation, extrusion, drawing or similar processes, into fibers, sheets, tubes or rods.

The material that may be treated in accordance with the present'invention may be any that has electrical characteristics similar to glass in that it is conducting (in the same sense that glass is conducting) when plastic and that is relatively non-conducting (in the sense that glass is nonconducting) when solid. Such materials are dimcult to charge electrostatically when in solid form because of the very high resistance to electricY current and such charging must be bythe use of emitters at a potential high enough to cause a corona discharge at the emitter. By the present process such materials preferably are charged at a time when they are in a conducting stateand they are then solidified so that the chargeis bound in the material. Most advantageously, the charging is accomplished in commotion with the forming of the material into a finished object provided, of course, that the material passes through a plastic or fluid state during such forming.

The terms "conducting" and non-conducting" as employed herein are used in the normal sense of the words, and 'are intended-to designate the electrical characteristics of the material as usually defined. Thus, although conductance may vary greatly, conducting is meant to imply that a per- 75 bushing along the lower In the manufacture ol' glass or other thermoplastic fibers it is advantageous to protect the fibers with a lm of coating substance before the fibers come into physical contact with each other or with any mechanism employed in handling the fibers. This is especially true of glass fibers or materials having the characteristics of glass because such materials have very high mutual abrasive qualities and have a tendency to cut or scratch each other during flexing or twisting.

It has been proposed to apply films to the fibers by causing the latter to contact an impregnated pad as they .are grouped into a strand. This method proved objectionable because by the time the fibers contact the pad, a considerable amount of moisture condenses or otherwise is attracted to or accumulates on the fibers and prevents satisfactorily coating the fibers. Moreover, in performing the above method, water emulsions were oftentimes used with the coating substance to increase the spreading qualities thereof and this. of course, is objectionable because it results in bringing water in direct contact with the freshly formed fibers.

In another manner of treating the fibers, it has been proposed to spray a substance such as an oil in water emulsion directly on the bers as the latter travel from the attenuating region. This method is not entirely satisfactory because a very small percentage of the relatively slowly moving spray particles implnge on the fibers moving at high speed and, as a result, the fibers were poorly and spottily lubricated. Moreover, as in the pad method of application previously mentioned, it is not feasible to apply the spray to the bers immediately adjacent the bushing where the fibers are still sufficiently hot to prevent accumulation of moisture thereon so that the fibers are spottily lubricated.

This invention utilizes the spray method for coating the fibers but overcomesthe objections to this method by electrostatically charging the flbers and particles of the spray with charges of opposite polarity. As a result, the particles of the spray are attracted to the fibers and the latter are not only completely coated but are also uniformly 0 coated because the spray particles spread over the fibers until the charges in the particles are neutralized by the opposite evenly distributed charges on the fibers. Thus, the fibers may be safely coated with the desired material before the fibers have a chance to accumulate much moisture and before the fibers enter the blower or pass over the pad.

Reference will now be made more in detail to the drawing wherein the numeral I0 designates a furnace of the type employed in the manufacture of glass or other thermoplastic fibers. The furnace Il has a well Il adapted to receive the molten glass and communicates at its lower end with the interior of a bushing Il. The bushing is of platinum or precious metal alloy and is in the form of a V-shaped trough having the side walls extended downward below the bottom surface of a refractory block Il. One or more rows of small apertures or openings I6 extend through the edge thereof. Each of omprising a body portion having a longitudinall lot I9 therethrough. Air or steam under presure is conveyed in any suitable manner to presure chambers 2U and this gas issues through :hannels 2I in the form of jets or sheets so that lasts of gas envelop and impinge on the small treams S of molten material which fiow downvardly from the outlet openings I6 and pass hrough the slot I9. The streams are th-us enreloped in a blast of gas moving downwardly at a iigh velocity and are drawn by the force of this last into fibers or filaments F. These attenu- Itecl fibers or filaments normally preserve conyinuity with the molten streams fiowing from the )penings I6 and are cooled and solidified by the gaseous blasts and surrounding atmosphere while :till integral with the streams. Thus the streams 5 properly are integral with and parts of or the :ame as the respective fibers or filaments F, but yhe word streams in the following description nay be considered as the molten portions of the ibers.

In accordance with this invention, an electro- ;tatic charge is induced on the streams as they is- ;ue from the openings IB. In general, the streams ire electrostatically charged with one polarity by i pair of electrodes in the form of flat plates 25, i6 supported by means of insulated hangers 2l iepending from the furnace I0. The plates are ,nclined slightly to the horizontal and have their nner edges at opposite sides of the streams in :roximity to each other and to the bushing I3. Ihe inclination of the plates brings the inner rounded edges 28 of the plates nearer the bushing to concentrate the charge on the electrodes at the .nner edges. The electrodes or plates 25, 26 are electrically connected to each other and thro-ugh a. resistor R to the high potential terminal 29 of a suitable rectifier 3D, connected in a usual supply circuit.

From the above construction it will be understood that the polarity of the electrostatic charge induced on the fibers or streams issuing from the openings I6 depends upon the polarity of the high potential terminal 29 of the rectifier 30. For example, if the high potential terminal is of negative polarity, the plates are also charged negatively and induce a positive charge on the streams or fibers. On the other hand, if the high potential terminal is of a positive polarity, as shown in the drawing, the plates acquire a charge of the same polarity and induce a negative charge on the streams of fibers. It follows from the above that an electrostatic charge of either polarity may be induced on the fibers by merely reversing the polarity of the high potential terminal 29.

The electrodes` or plates 25, 26 induce the electrostatic charge of the selected polarity on the streams of material while the latter is in a plastic condition. This is advantageous in cases where the material being formed possesses the same electrical characteristics as glass, that is, the materials are relatively good conductors of electricity when heated to a molten or plastic condition but become a dielectric when cooled to a solidified state. It is much simpler and more satisfactory to induce the electrostatic charge on the material 6 when the latter is in a state where it conducts electricity. It is simpler because less voltage is required to induce the desired charge on the material and it is more satisfactory because it has been found that the charge freezes or becomes bound on the surface of the formed objects, such as fibers, when the latter solidify. As a result, the charge is retained on the objects for a longer period of time and thereby enables them to be sprayed while in a charged condition. Moreover, in the case of fibers, due to the fact that all of the fibers are charged with the same polarity,

adjacent fibers will repel one another and this negative polarity is induced on the fibers.

is desirable because it results in maintaining the fibers in spaced relation during their formation and travel to a collecting zone and during the application of a coating material to the fibers.

Referring now more in detail to the manner in which an electrostatic charge of either polarity is induced on the streams of material and assuming that the electrodes or plates 25, 26 are charged with a negative polarity, the negative charge on the plates seems to repel-electrons in the conducting portions of the streams and fibers and forces the electrons to fiow in an upward direction back into the molten portion of the material in the furnace, leaving an electrostatic charge of positive polarity on the fibers. On the other hand, if a vpositive charge is put on the plates or electrodes, the electrons are drawn downwardly through the conducting portions of the fibers and the latter vacquire a negative electrostatic charge. It will, of course, be understood that the thermoplastic material solidifies at a relatively fast rate after it leaves the bushing I3 and, therefore, the electrostatic charge freezes or becomes bound on the surfaces of the bers.

In the specific embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings, an electrostatic charge of This arrangement is preferred because it has been found that considerably less voltage is required to induce a negative charge on the fibers. In fact, tests have shown that approximately twenty times as much voltage must be supplied to the electrodes to satisfactorily induce a positive charge on the fibers equivalent in density to a negative charge. This may be due to the fact that the hot bushing I3 emits thermal electrons that tend to neutralize the positive charge on the fibers.

The reduction of the voltage required to electrostatically charge the fibers is not only advantageous from an economical point of view but also because it enables the electrodes 25, 2G to be supported in relatively close relation to each other and to the bushing I3 without the danger of arcing between adjacent edges of the plates and between the latter and bushing. In the specific embodiment of the invention selected herein for the purpose of illustration, a voltage of approximately 500 volts applied to the plates 25, 23 is sufficient to induce a negative charge of satisfactory density on the fibers. This voltage is not critical and may be widely varied to suit diflerent conditions. f

This manner of charging is more fully described and is claimed in our copending application Serial No. 427,637, filed January 21, 1942, which has since become abandoned.

In vaccordance with this invention the electrostatically charged fibers are coated with desired the charge on the fibers. For example, if an electrostatic charge of negative polarity is induced on the fibers, a positive charge is induced on the particles so that these particles are attracted toward the fibers and are uniformly spread over the entire surface of the latter in their attempt to neutralize the naturally evenly distributed charge on the fibers.

As stated above, the particular fluid applied tol the fibers will depend upon the treatment it is desired to give the fibers. In the specific embodiment of this invention, it is desired to apply a uniform coating over the entire surfaces of the bers before the latter cool sufficiently to accumulate moisture from the atmosphere or before they are brought into contact with each other. Accordingly, the following description will stress the application of a lubricant preferably in lthe form of mineral oil or other moisture repellent or surface protecting material to the fibers with the understanding that the invention is equally applicable to the use of any substance, either a comminuted solid or a fluid material, that it is desired to apply to the fibers and having a charge induced thereon.

In the present instance, the lubricant is sprayed toward the fibers by a spray gun 3E electrically connected to the positive high potential terminal 31 of a rectier 38 connected in a usual supply circuit. The spray gun 36 comprises a body portion 4| having externally threaded studs 42 and 43 at the opposite ends thereof. A nut 44 threaded on the stud 42 is recessed to form a chamber 46 beyond the end of the stud. The chamber 46 communicates with a suitable source of fluid through a conduit 41 connected to the nut 44 and also communicates with a bore 48 extending axially through the body 4|. A nozzle 49 is threaded on the stud 43 and is formed with a chamber 5| having a reduced outlet passage 52 in alignment with the bore 48. The stud 43 is recessed at 53 to provide a passageway establishing communication between the chamber and an air inlet conduit 54 connected to the body 4|. The fluid flowing through the bore 48 is prevented from mixing with the air in the chamber 5| by a tube 56 sleeved in the bore 48 and extending through the air outlet passage 52 in concentric relation thereto. The arrangement is such that the air discharging from the annular space around the forward end of the tube 56 contacts the fluid discharging from the forward end of the bore 48 and atomizes this fluid to form a spray. Extending axially through the bore 48 is an lectrode in the form of a needle 58. The forward end of the needle is pointed and projects beyond the corresponding end of the tube 56. The rear end of the electrode 58 is provided with a threaded enlargement 59, which threadedly engages the rear end of the bore 48 and is recessed at one side to provide a passage 6|, which establishes communication between the bore 48 and the fluid chamber 46. It will be noted from Figure 5 that the electrode is sufficiently smaller in diameter than the bore 48 to enable the fluid from the chamber 46 to flow around the electrode to the discharge end of the spray gun. 'I'he spray gun itself is not claimed herein since itforms the subject-matter of our application Serial Number 427,638, led January 21, 1942, which has since become abandoned.

The elect-rode 58 is electrically connected to the high potential terminal 31 of the rectifier 38 and accordingly is electrostatically charged with a charge of positive polarity. Therefore, the lubricant or other fiuid sprayed from the gun is electrostatically charged with a charge of the same polarity.

Sufficient voltage should be supplied to the electrode by the rectifier 38 to cause a slight amount of corona at the point of the electrode. In the spraying of a lubricant such as mineral oil, it has been found that voltages in the range of 35 to 40 kv. and a corona current in the order of. microamperes is satisfactory for inducing a positive charge on the lubricant.

Figure 2 of the drawings illustrates the application of the present invention to the process of producing what are known as continuous glass fibers. In this process a usual glass furnace 7| is employed and is provided with a well 'l2 that contains molten glass. The well communicates with the interior of a bushing 13 held in place by a refractory block 14. The bushing is preferably of precious metal and is otherwise similar to the bushing i3 of Figure 1. The lower edge of the bushing is provided with orifices 16 through which the molten glass flows in the form of small streams and these streams are attenuated by means of a drum 1l rotating at high speed and adapted to wind the fibers thereon as they are formed. Intermediate the bushing and the drum a pad '|8 having a concave surface is adapted to engage the bers as they move toward the attenuating drum 'i1 and group them into a strand. Suitable Coating or sizing agents are normally applied to the grouped filaments at the pad 'I8 by causing the agent to fiow onto and over .the pad.

One or more electrodes are arranged beneath the bushing in proximity thereto and closely adjacent the streams of molten glass as they fiow from the bushing to induce a charge on the streams and fibers as they travel from the bushing. In the present case the electrodes are similar to those illustrated in Figure l and are in the form of at plates 8|, 82 supported on hangers 83 depending from the furnace and are inclined slightly to the horizontal so that their inner rounded edges 84 are nearer the bottom of the bushing. The plates 8|, 82 are interconnected electrically and connected through a resistor R1 to the high potential terminal'BS of a rectifier 8l supplied with electrical energy in usual manner. The voltages impressed on the electrodes and the relation of the electrodes to the glass streams and to the bushing may be the same as mentioned above in the description relating to Figure 1.

Beneath the electrodes and preferably above the pad '|8, a spray gun 9| similar to the spray gun 36, is arranged to direct a spray of desired coating material onto the charged fibers as they move downwardly toward the attenuating drum. The gun 9| is electrostatically connected to the high potential terminal 92 of a rectifier 93 that is supplied with electrical energy in any suitable manner. The gun 9| and rectifier 93 may be similar in all respects to the gun 36 and rectifier 38 illustrated in Figure 1.

In both the above applications of the invention, the spray guns 3E and 9| are supported in a position to direct the particles of the spray toward the fibers as they are formed from the streams issuing from the bushing I3 in such a -manner that the spray particles engage the fibers in a region beneath the electrodes. Inasmuch as the streams are electrostatically charged with a charge of negative polarityand the particles of the spray are charged with a charge of positive polarity, the particles of the spray are attracted to the fibers. In this connection it may be pointed out that inducing a positive electrostatic charge on the particles of the spray not only causes these particles to collect on the oppositely charged fibers but also assists in breaking up the fluid to form a ne spray. This is probably due to the fact that the mutual repulsion of the charged spray particles acts to tear or break up the particles into smaller units. In other words, the electrostatic charge on the spray material assists in atomizing this material and thereby contributes further to coating the fibers with a uniform lm of lubricant. It is also important to note that the particles of lubricant sprayed on the fibers tend to spread along the fibers during neutralization of the opposite charges on the particles and fibers.

The charge on the streams and fibers manifests itself at a point immediately beneath the bushing and its present on the fibers for a reasonable time interval, the length of which depends upon the densi-ty of the charge originally induced on the liber and upon other factors such as the humidity of the air, the relation of the fibers to conducting grounded bodies and the like. Thus the coating material may be directed onto the bers at any point along their length although it is, of course, desirable to apply the coating as soon aspossible for several reasons. Application of the coating as soon as the fibers have cooled sufliciently to prevent ignition or volatilization of the coating material limits as far as possible the accumulation of moisture on the fiber surfaces. Also in the process illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the application of the coating material in a region above the attenuating blower I1 or the pad 18 assures that the fiber surfaces are protected by the coating material as the fibers pass through the blower or over the pad. It is possible to apply the coating material either above or below the electrodes 25, 26 and 8|, 82 but in the application of many coating materials such as lubricants, for example it is preferable to arrange the electrodes in shielding relation to the bushing as disclosed in the drawings and thereby guard against deposition of the coating material on the bushing.

Thus, from the foregoing it will be observed that the fibers may be sprayed with the lubricant before they cool sufliciently to accumulate moisture from the atmosphere. It will also be noted that the fibers are not only completely coated with the lubricant but are uniformly coa-ted as well. This is desirable because it reduces the' abrasive characteristics of the fibers to a minimum and thereby prevents the fibers from cutting or scratching one another when they come into physical contact with each other or wiih any part of the ber forming mechanism.

Where desired, fluids other than lubricants may be applied to the fibers. By the present process, dyes, binding materials, decorative finishes, and the like in fluid or solid form may be charged and sprayed onto the charged bers. Instead of spraying, the bers may be caused to pass through a chamber containing a fog of charged substances or may be projected or deposited after their attenuation through or into a bath of charged coating material.

WhileV particular stress has been placed upon eleetrostatically coating fibers, nevertheless, it should be understood that the present invention may be advantageouslyused in any instance where it is desirable to chemically treat or coat l0 Y thermoplastic materials having the electrical characteristics of glass, while they are being attenuated, extruded or otherwise formed into desired configuration regardless of whether these materials are formed into fibers, sheets or objects of other shapes, and various modifications may be made in the herein described invention within the scope of the claims.

We claim:

1. The combination of a container for molten glass having an outlet opening through which the glass from the container flows in a stream, electrodes supported at opposite sides of the glass stream adjacent the delivery side of the opening, means for electrostatically charging the electrodes with a charge of positive polarity for inducing a. negative charge on the glass, a spray gun supported to one side of the stream of glass and arranged for spraying a substance onto the glass stream in the region at the side of the electrodes opposite to the container, and means for electrostatieally charging the particles of the spray from the gun with a charge of positive polarity 2. The combination of a container for molten glass having an outlet opening through which the glass from the container flows in a stream, means spaced from the container for attenuating said stream into a fiber, electrodes supported at the side of the molten glass stream and in proximity to the outlet opening of the container, a spray gun arranged to direct a spray of coating material onto the fiber in the region between the electrodes and the attenuating means, and means for electrostatically charging said electrodes and the spray from said gun to the same polarity.

3. The combination of a container for molten glass having an outlet opening through which the glass from the container flows in a stream, a blower spaced from the container and arranged to direct a gaseous blast onto said stream for attenuating said stream into a fiber, electrodes in the form of a pair of ilat plates supported one at each side of the molten glass stream and in proximity to the outlet opening of the container, a spray gun arranged to direct a spray of coating material onto the ber in the region between the electrodes and the blower, and means for electrostatically charging said electrodes and the spray from said gun to the same polarity.

4. The combination of a container for molten glass having an outlet opening through which the glass from the container flows in a stream, a rotating drum spaced from the container for attenuating said stream into a liber, electrodes supported one at each side of the molten glass stream and in proximity to the outlet opening of the container, a spray gun arranged to direct a spray of coating material onto the ber in the region between the electrodes and the rotating drum, and means for electrostatically charging said electrodes and the spray from said gun to the same polarity.

5. The combination of a container for molten glass having a plurality of outlet openings `through which the glass from the container ilows in a plurality of closely adjacent streams, means spaced from the container for attenuating said streams into fibers, electrodes in the form of a pair of substantially horizontally disposed at plates supported one at each side of the molten glass streams and in proximity to the outlet opening of the container, a spray gun arranged to direct a spral7 of coating material onto the fibers in the region between the electrodes and the at- 11 tenuating means, and means for electrostatically Number charging said electrodesA and the spray from said 2,022,750 gun to the same polarity. 2,048,651 WILLARD H. BENNETT. 2,199,087 ROBERT B. TAYLOR. 5 2,206,058 2,215,061 REFERENCES CITED 2,224,149 The following references are of record in the 2,224,274 flle of this patent: 10 UNITED STATES PATENTS 31270341 Number Name Date 2.293.165 '105,691 Morton Ju1y 29, 1902 2,302,289 946,179 Weisko' Jan. 11, 1910 1,427,014 Pazslczky Aug. 22, 1922 15 1,954,475 mueneld Apr. 19, 1932 Number 1,899,056 Poweu Dec, 2s, 193s 478,334

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